用他們自己的話。
李常受論救恩、高福音與呼求主名。長老談李腓力與安那翰。前成員談金錢、控制與異議。 若想看重點摘要,請見李常受的教導未能通過的十項檢驗。
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權柄如何塑造地方召會
關於神諭言的宣告
「你們不能否認主的諭言與我同在這個事實。我在耶穌基督的面前宣告這件事。」
「我為李常受宣告這件事!」
「你們若聽我,就不是聽李常受,乃是聽那藉着我說話之神自己在他諭言裏的話。」
李腓力、李提摩太與問責
權柄、不當行為與管教
「她再也無法忍受那些施加在一些人身上、尤其是施加在她身上的嚴重不當行為。」
「She could not tolerate anymore the gross misconduct that was being perpetrated upon some and especially upon her.」
「有人提出這樣的指控:李腓力在長達十年之久的期間裡,犯了「嚴重的不道德」以及其他的罪,而李常受知情;並且李常受與他的同工容忍並掩蓋了這些行為。」
「It is contended that “gross immorality” and other sins were committed by Phillip Lee over a ten-year period, with Witness Lee’s knowledge, and that Lee and his co-workers tolerated and covered up this behavior.」
「有人看見腓力在水流職事站的辦公室裡撫摸一位姊妹。」
「Philip was observed fondling a sister in the office of Living Stream.」
「腓力當然不是完全的;沒有人是完全的!」
「Philip, of course, is not perfect; nobody is perfect!」
Daystar 事業
「據知他曾讓一名妓女與他同住。」
「He was known to have had a prostitute stay with him.」
「後來兒子對一些聖徒提到,有 250 萬美元從他手中消失。」
「Later the son mentioned to some saints that 2.5 million U. S. dollars disappeared from his hands.」
「許多聖徒被施壓,要把畢生積蓄投入這項事業。」
「Many saints were pressured to give their life savings to this business.」
「接著,X 先生請一位同工勸說那些投資的人,把投資當作奉獻,不要尋求償還。」
「Mr. X then asked one of his co-workers … to persuade the saints, who invested their money to consider the investment as a donation and not seek to be reimbursed.」
「大多數人被嚇得只好大虧一筆。」
「Most were intimidated into taking a big bath.」
「他們失去了童貞。」
「They have lost their virginity.」
「就是坐在我們眼前那個「小寶貝」,正是他誘惑了我們所有人!!」
「Why, the “little precious man” sitting right in front of us, IS THE MAN who seduced us all!!」
涉及李氏家庭的財務問題
「關於 Daystar,那不是你的事。不,我不回答你。」
「About Daystar, that is not your business. No, I don’t answer you.」
「我不向任何人負責;我只向政府負責。」
「I’m not responsible to anyone. I’m only responsible to the government.」
「李腓力和李的孫子們有豐厚的瑞士銀行帳戶。」
「Philip Lee and the grandsons of Lee had fat Swiss bank accounts.」
1959 年的台灣:Daystar 之前的模式
「一九五九年左右,李氏在財務上由於私心而處理失當(因作生意失敗),造成了第一次的財務危機,不僅將聖徒奉獻的工作款都賠掉了,還欠了一大筆債,因此強迫同工將已購置為建大會所和訓練中心,在南京東路四段的一大片土地(約七千坪)變賣抵債。」
「他說「工作款」是主交在他手裡的,他有權隨自己的意思處理,他就是把它丟在太平洋裡,你們也無權過問。」
「這正是阿摩斯八章五節的情形:「出用小升斗,收用大戥子,用詭詐的天平欺哄人。」」
模式並沒有在 Daystar 結束
「因為露營車市場停了,所以工廠就轉向……製造網球拍。」
「Because the motor home market stopped, so it turned to the factory … manufacturing tennis racquets.」
「這筆由「職事站」彙總之款,既未轉交台北教會,也未退還各地教會。」
「在購地款三千餘萬元新台幣推動眾聖徒奉獻時,「福音書房」提供三百萬元,後來作產權登記時,就提出對產權十分之一「持分」的要求。」
「我們在林口買了二十多英畝的土地,盼望能建一座大會所,但我們的建築執照申請沒有獲得核准。」
「We have bought more than twenty-four acres of land in Linkou, and we hope to be able to build a large meeting hall, but our application for the building permit was not approved.」
「你聽過李常受其他的財務騙局嗎?誰還記得網球拍工廠?我想它叫「Delta」。……我們每次搬家都得搬幾十箱賣不掉的網球拍。」
「Have you heard about Lee’s other financial swindles? Anyone remember the tennis racket factory? I think it was called “Delta.” … We had to cart around dozens of boxes of unsellable tennis rackets every time we moved.」
神、基督、救恩與國度
基督成了賜生命的靈
「在復活裡,基督作為末後的亞當成了賜生命的靈,並作為聖靈進到祂的信徒裡面。」
「In resurrection Christ as the last Adam became the life-giving Spirit and entered into His believers as the Holy Spirit.」
「教導有兩個賜生命的靈,兩個能賜生命的靈,乃是異端。」
「It is heretical to teach that there are two life-giving Spirits, two Spirits who give life.」
「在基督復活以前,這樣一位靈還沒有。基督的復活產生了賜生命的靈。」
「Before Christ’s resurrection, such a Spirit was not yet. Christ’s resurrection produced the life-giving Spirit.」
當一位訓練者把李常受放在三一神之後
「我們同意,這帶領對我們的一是不可或缺的。」
「We agree that this leading is indispensable to our oneness.」
「我們傳講李常受是一個人的表演。」
「We preach that Witness Lee is a one-man show.」
「父是第一,子第二,聖靈第三,李常受第四,隨後是李常受周圍的人。」
「The Father is first, the Son second, the Holy Spirit third, Witness Lee fourth, followed by those around Witness Lee.」
「三一神是三,然而祂現在有第四部分,一個配偶。」
「The Triune God is three, yet He now has a fourth part, a counterpart.」
「一城一會」是聖經的命令嗎?
「每一次提到「某城的召會」,在聖經裡都是描述、例子,並不涉及命令。」
「Each mention of the city-church in scripture is a description, an example, and does not involve commands.」
「不管他們怎樣否認,每一個「沒有名字」的團體最終都會被命名,而且往往比周圍的團體命名得更強。」
「Regardless of how they deny it, every no-name group eventually is named, and perhaps even more strongly than those around it.」
李常受稱使徒的福音為「低的福音」
「我們不該傳基督教所傳膚淺的福音。那福音告訴人,他們犯了罪,必須受地獄的刑罰,但神憐憫他們,賜下祂的愛子為他們死,救贖他們,並為他們復活;只要他們悔改信祂,就要得著永遠的生命,並且要上天堂……這雖然是福音,卻是低的福音。我們所傳高的福音說,太初就是神的話成了肉體,經過人性生活,被釘十字架,復活,成了賜生命的靈,以完成神聖分賜的大工。」
「We should not preach the shallow gospel that Christianity preaches. That gospel tells people that they have sinned and must suffer the punishment of hell, but that God has had pity on them and has given His beloved Son to die for them to redeem them and to resurrect for them, and that as long as they repent and believe in Him, they will receive eternal life and will go to heaven... Although this is the gospel, it is a low gospel. The high gospel that we preach says that the Word who was God from the beginning became flesh, passed through human living, was crucified, resurrected, and has become the life-giving Spirit to accomplish the great work of the divine dispensing.」
李常受與諾斯底派
「屬魂的人……是靠著他們的行為和單單的信心得以立定的,並沒有完全的知識。他們說,我們教會的人就是這等人。」
「Animal men, again, are instructed in animal things; such men, namely, as are established by their works, and by a mere faith, while they have not perfect knowledge. We of the Church, they say, are these persons.」
「今天許多基督徒好像聽音樂的牛:他們對所聽見的毫無欣賞,也毫無分辨。」
「Today many Christians can be compared to cows listening to music: they have no appreciation or discernment of what they hear.」
詩篇第一篇與聖經明白的話
「這說明詩篇第一篇是好的,但它是照著錯誤的觀念寫的……因此,我們不該高看詩篇第一篇。它是用錯誤的觀念,就是人的觀念,錯誤地寫成的。」
「This shows us that Psalm 1 is good, but it was written with a wrong concept… Thus, we should not highly appraise Psalm 1. It was written wrongly with a wrong concept, a human concept.」
「在一至六節,他是「亞伯」;在七至十一節,他是「該隱」。我們必須在生命的線上給大衛記功,在善惡知識的線上給他記過。」
「In verses 1-6, he was ‘Abel’; in verses 7-11, he was ‘Cain.’ We have to give David the credit in the line of life and the debit in the line of the knowledge of good and evil.」
「在詩篇之前的約伯記,是根據人的觀念而有之人的看法的記錄,論到神與人之間的關係……這卷書裡沒有向神獻上的禱告或讚美。此外,沒有一點跡象顯示約伯、他的三個朋友和以利戶對神有任何渴慕。」
「The book of Job, preceding the Psalms, is a record of human views based on human concepts concerning the relationship between God and man… In this book there is no prayer or praise offered to God. Furthermore, there is no hint that Job, his three friends, and Elihu had any kind of thirst for God.」
「他們被人用聖經駁倒的時候,就反過來指控這些聖經,好像它們不正確、沒有權威,又說聖經意思含糊,不明白傳統的人,無法從聖經中得出真理。」
「When, however, they are confuted from the Scriptures, they turn round and accuse these same Scriptures, as if they were not correct, nor of authority, and [assert] that they are ambiguous, and that the truth cannot be extracted from them by those who are ignorant of tradition.」
容易相信主義與說三次「哦,主」
「我們若幫助他們說三次「哦,主」,他們就會得救。」
「If we help them to say “O Lord” three times, they will be saved.」
15如果你的弟兄虧待了你,你不要聲張,只在你倆之間指出他的錯誤。如果他聽得進你的話,你就挽救了你的弟兄;
16如果他聽不進你的話,你就要找一兩個證人一同去見他,這樣「對他的每一項指控都會得到兩三個人的證明。」
17如果他還聽不進他們的話,你就去告訴教會,如果他連教會的話也不聽,那麼你就要像對待非教徒或者稅吏那樣來對待他。
耶穌並不是叫一個不肯悔改的弟兄永遠留在團契裡。經過私下勸戒與見證之後,召會要當面說清楚;若仍不肯回轉,就要像對待非教徒和稅吏那樣,把他當作在相信的群體之外的人。上面的引文記載了被包庇的罪、拒絕的改正,以及許多基督徒判斷為別樣福音的教訓。已經把這些關切帶給帶領者卻得不到悔改的成員,不必仍留在地方召會裡,好像李常受和他的職事仍是一個忠心的召會。